#513: ASSAYAS, Olivier: Summer Hours (2008)
ASSAYAS, Olivier [France]
Summer Hours [2008]
Spine #513
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Universally acclaimed by critics, the multiple award-winning Summer Hours is the great contemporary French filmmaker Olivier Assayas's most personal film to date. Three siblings, played by Charles Berling, Juliette Binoche, and Jérémie Rénier, must decide what to do with the country estate and objects they've inherited from their mother. From this simple story, Assayas creates an exquisitely nuanced drama about the material of globalized modern living. Naturalistic and unsentimental, Summer Hours is that rare film that pays respect to family by treating it with honesty.
103 minutes
Color
Color
Surround
in French
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2010
Director/Writer
Olivier Assayas was 53 when he wrote and directed Summer Hours.
Other Assayas films in the Collection:
#944: Cold Water (1994)
#1074: Irma Vep (1996)
#582: Carlos (2010)
#822: Clouds Of Sils Maria (2014)
#899: Personal Shopper (2016)
The Film
Other Assayas films in the Collection:
#944: Cold Water (1994)
#1074: Irma Vep (1996)
#582: Carlos (2010)
#822: Clouds Of Sils Maria (2014)
#899: Personal Shopper (2016)
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-page booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-page booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
With Assayas.
Making-of Documentary
Featuring interviews with Assayas and actors Berling and Binoche, and showing the cast and crew on set.
Inventory
Making-of Documentary
Featuring interviews with Assayas and actors Berling and Binoche, and showing the cast and crew on set.
Inventory
An hour-long documentary by Olivier Goinard, shot partly in Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, that examines the film’s approach to art.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Extras Rating (0-40):
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